Demetrios Ypsilantis

Demetrios Ypsilantis (1793-16 August 1832) was a General of Greece during the Greek War of Independence, and he was the brother of Alexander Ypsilantis.

Biography
Demetrios Ypsilantis was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire in 1793 to a family of Greek Phanariotes, and he was the brother of Alexander Ypsilantis. He was educated at a French military school before joining the Imperial Russian Army  in 1814 and fighting against Napoleon's armies during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1821, Ypsilantis led a rebellion against Ottoman rule in Moldavia, and he went to the Morea that same year to lead the Greek independence cause. In January 1822, he became President of the Legislative Assembly, but the failure of his campaign in central Greece and his lack of political success compelled him to retire in 1823. In 1828, Ioannis Kapodistrias appointed Ypsilantis commander of troops in eastern Greece, and he forced the last Ottoman army to surrender at the Pass of Petra on 25 September 1829. Ypsilantsi died in 1832.